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Aasif Karim

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Aasif Karim
Personal information
Full name
Aasif Yusuf Karim
Born15 December 1963 (1963-12-15) (age 60)
Mombasa, Kenya
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll rounder
RelationsIrfan Karim (son)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 3)18 February 1996 v India
Last ODI20 March 2003 v India
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 34 2 40
Runs scored 228 35 274
Batting average 12.65 17.50 13.04
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1
Top score 53 24 53
Balls bowled 1,568 390 1,865
Wickets 27 7 28
Bowling average 41.25 26.28 46.07
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/33 3/40 5/33
Catches/stumpings 6/– 6/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 May 2017

Aasif Yusuf Karim (born 15 December 1963) is a Kenyan former cricketer who captained the Kenya national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) cricket. Karim made a reputation for himself as a useful lower-order batsman but predominantly as a left-arm spinner.

International career

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Karim also holds the unique distinction of having captained his country in both representative cricket and Davis Cup tennis.

Cricket

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Karim retired from international cricket following the 1999 World Cup in England but was persuaded to return to add experience to Kenya's squad for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa where he helped Kenya become the first non-Test match playing nation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. During the Super Sixes match against Australia, Karim gave the Australians a scare with figures of 8.2-6-7-3 and collecting Man-of-the-match honours.[1] He lost in his last ODI, the World Cup semi-final against India.[2] Karim announced at the end of the tournament that he would be retiring, this time for good.

His son, Irfan Karim, is also a professional cricketer and former captain of the Kenyan national cricket team.

Tennis

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Karim represented Kenya in a Davis Cup tie against Egypt in 1988. He played two singles matches and one doubles rubber.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "9th Super (D/N), ICC World Cup at Durban, Mar 15 2003 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. ^ "2nd SF (D/N), ICC World Cup at Durban, Mar 20 2003 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ^ Davis Cup record
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